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For Prof. Michelle Pannor Silver, author of Retirement and Its Discontents, an individual should be the one to decide when they start to work less. (photo from sociology.utoronto.ca) Not long ago, it was a given that, when you reached the…
Dr. James A. Levine studies the health benefits of adding more movement to our lives. (photo from James Levine) We are sitting too much – both at work and in our off hours. And all this sitting is doing us…
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, left, and President Reuven Rivlin hold the agreement that allows Netanyhau another two weeks to try and form a coalition government. (photo from Ashernet) Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with President Reuven Rivlin May 13 to…
(Wikimedia) קשה להאמין אך העיר היפה שאנו גרים בה ונקובר זוכה בימים אלה לכותרות גדולות בעולם כולו. אך זאת לא מהסיבות הנכונות. בימים האחרונים פורסמו נתונים קשים כל כמות הכספים האדירה המולבנת בעיר ובשאר רחבי מחוז בריטיש קולומביה. חומר למחשבה…
The Vancouver Jewish Folk Choir in a performance last fall at the Peretz Centre, led by conductor David Millard, with pianist Danielle Lee. (photo from VJFC) As they say, nothing comes from nothing and so it is with the Vancouver…
Holocaust survivor Rita Akselrod and Premier John Horgan at the Yom Hashoah commemoration that took place at the British Columbia legislature May 2. (photo by Pat Johnson) The history of Jewish tragedy in the Holocaust – but also the heroism…
Emily Greenberg is Vancouver Talmud Torah’s new head of school. (photo from VTT) After 17 years of leadership under Cathy Lowenstein, Vancouver Talmud Torah will have a new head of school. Starting in September this year, Emily Greenberg will be…
The cast of Arts Umbrella’s production of James and the Giant Peach includes Teilani Rasmussen (as Ladahlord), left, and Sophie Mercier (as James). (photo by Tim Matheson) “Well, maybe it started that way. As a dream, but doesn’t everything. Those…
David Biltek and Susan Wilkes are part of the cast of Bema Productions’ presentation of We Are the Levinsons, by Wendy Kout. (photo from Bema Productions) Bema Productions’ 2019 Mainstage presentation is the Canadian première of We Are the Levinsons,…
Given two recent murderous attacks on American synagogues, combined with terrorist missiles from Gaza landing throughout southern and central Israel, it is easy and understandable to be pessimistic. But a new study on Jews in Canada is jam-packed with reasons…
Worn out by recent events? Me, too. For most of my work, I write things in advance to meet a deadline, but I can’t predict the future. Like Jewish balabustas (Yiddish for a woman who manages her household) throughout time,…
“Oh, I know that I owe what I am today to that dear little lady so old and grey / To that wonderful Yiddishe momme of mine.” (from the song “My Yiddishe Momme,” by Sophie Tucker, 1920s) It was not…
Celebrity sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer started life as Karola Ruth Siegel in Weisenfeld, Germany. (photo from Mongrel Media) Before she rocketed to 1980s TV fame as sex advisor Dr. Ruth, she was simply Ruth Westheimer. And long before she…
The cast of the Disney Channel’s Andi Mack included, left to right: Asher Angel as Jonah Beck, Peyton Elizabeth Lee as Andi Mack, Joshua Rush as Cyrus Goodman and Sofia Wylie as Buffy Driscoll. (photo by Disney Channel/Mitch Haaseth) Before…
“Stories Around the Table” meets a couple of times a year to present and critique their writing. (photo from Karen Ludwig) Today, at Karen Ludwig’s home in New York, the actor, director and teacher regularly leads a group of women in…
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu places a wreath at Yad Vashem on Yom Hashoah. (photo from IGPO via Ashernet) On Yom Hashoah, Israel comes to a virtual standstill at 11 a.m., for two minutes, as sirens wail across the country…
השרה קרינה גולד. (Twitter) ממשלת קנדה מתכוננת במלוא המרץ לבחירות הכלליות שייערכו בחודש אוקטובר הקרוב. הממשלה מעוניינת למנוע מעורבות חיצונית כפי שקרתה במערכת הבחירות האחרונות בארה”ב. הממשלה בוחנת את האפשרויות שונות בהן: חקיקה חדשה שתחזק את הפיקוח על הרשתות החברתיות…
Adam Olgui, centre, stars in Theatre in the Raw’s production of Enter Laughing, which opens May 9 at Studio 16. (photo from Theatre in the Raw) “The show has everything you could ask for: comedy, romance, great music and a…
“Wink Wink – Whatcha Looking At?” by Shira Gold. Shira Gold’s photographs seem to create a break in the space-time continuum. For a moment, the busyness and noise of the world fades away, and the viewer is standing on a…
Dylan Floyde (Willy), left, and Stephen Aberle (Evens) rehearse for Slamming Door Artist Collective’s production of The Sea, which opened May 2 at Jericho Arts Centre. (photo by Michelle Morris) “Published in 1973, The Sea is fiercely, presciently relevant. [Edward]…
Ai Weiwei is among the artists featured in Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies, a documentary by Larry Weinstein, which will screen twice during DOXA. (photo from DOXA) This year’s DOXA Documentary Film Festival lineup includes Propaganda: The Art of…
There is a world of difference, needless to say, between the murder of a congregant in a California synagogue and the publication of an overtly antisemitic cartoon. But, while the incidents are incomparable in magnitude, they both implore us to…
Let’s talk about goats. When I was doing research for my book Fiber Gathering, about U.S. fibre festivals, which attract thousands of people, I learned lots about goats. But what do goats, which produce milk, fibre and meat, have to…
Left to right are gala honouree Anita Silber, Shalhevet Girls High School head of school Meira Federgrun and Shalhevet board president Vivian Claman. (Jocelyne Hallé Photography) On April 7, Shalhevet Girls High School honoured Anita Silber with the Guardian of…
The outdoor fair features live entertainment. (photo by Galit Lewinski) The Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver invites the entire community to its annual JCC Festival Ha’Rikud. The theme this year is “Seasons of Israel,” with a variety of programs to…
Springfield Collegiate Institute students walking into Auschwitz. (photo by Jim Osler, SCI) Holocaust education is commonplace in Jewish schools. But, in public schools, discussion about the Shoah is at each teacher’s discretion. Some 14 months ago, teachers at Springfield Collegiate…
Raizel does not like to leave her apartment during the long, cold, season. She sits perched at the windowsill, torn bits of challah portioned beside her on the ledge, waiting for her feathered friends. A robin’s egg blue pashmina draped…
Ety Siton, left, director of the Kfar Saba branch of ERAN, also oversees the Toronto volunteers. She is pictured with Sigal Almog, co-founder of Toronto’s ERAN project. (photo from ERAN) Finding enough volunteers in Israel for the night shift of…
Charleen Glaun, centre, receives her certificate of service from Sar-El from madrichot Inbar, left, and Carmel. Glaun hopes to volunteer with Sar-El annually from here on out. (photo from Charleen Glaun) At last, I was on the plane to Israel.…
An April 15 press tour took journalists to the Israeli side of the Jordan River. Joshua and the Israelites made their crossing here. (photo by Gil Zohar) Seventeen bulletproof buses of pilgrims, plus one carrying journalists, spilled their contents April…
